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cephalopods

cephalopods is the plural of cephalopod.

Meaning of cephalopod

Noun

cephalopod (plural cephalopods)

  1. Any mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc.
    • In terms of diversity, cephalopods include the egg case making argonauts, shelled nautiluses, venomous blue-ringed octopuses and enigmatic giants like the giant and colossal squid. […] Generally, cephalopod ink includes melanin, enzymes related to melanin production, catecholamines, peptidoglycans...2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023

Questions about cephalopods

What is cephalopods the plural of?
Cephalopods is the plural of cephalopod.

Words near cephalopods in the dictionary

  1. cephalopodal
  2. cephalopode
  3. cephalopodes
  4. cephalopodic
  5. cephalopodous
  6. cephalopods
  7. cephalopolysyndactyly
  8. cephaloprothorax
  9. cephalorachidian
  10. cephaloradiograph
  11. cephaloradiographs

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